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  "abstract": "Magnetic skyrmions represent vortex-like spin configurations that provide a robust platform for next-generation spintronic technologies. Although they are often treated as two-dimensional objects with integer topological charge, their extension into three-dimensional strings realizes other composite structures with unique device functionalities that transcend planar frameworks. Unfortunately, a lack of bulk probes has failed to realize such higher-dimensional topological structures and their implementations. Here, we report the first experimental visualization of three-dimensional topological $Q = 0$ skyrmion structures using neutron scattering tomography techniques across the equilibrium phase of a Co$_8$Zn$_8$Mn$_4$ sample. Disordered skyrmion states reveal metastable skyrmioniums and composite topological objects novel to bulk systems. Vortex-antivortex lattices mediate changes in topology, with unprecedented transition pathways via a coupling of merons and monopoles. The present realization of bulk Q = 0 quasiparticles and meron-mediated dynamics paves the way for higher-dimensional spintronic frameworks through multi-bit encoding architectures, unidirectional transport schemes, and monopole-mediated controls.",
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  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Melissa E. Henderson"
    },
    {
      "name": "Daichi Kurebayashi"
    },
    {
      "name": "Benjamin Heacock"
    },
    {
      "name": "Wangchun Chen"
    },
    {
      "name": "Charles W. Clark"
    },
    {
      "name": "David G. Cory"
    },
    {
      "name": "Dusan Sarenac"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shannon Watson"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jonathan S. White"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lisa DeBeer-Schmitt"
    },
    {
      "name": "Oleg A. Tretiakov"
    },
    {
      "name": "Dmitry A. Pushin"
    }
  ],
  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/8vh7w8ytkwm09.bib",
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  "doi": "10.48550/arxiv.2609.36261",
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.36261",
  "pmcid": null,
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  "published": "2026-09-28",
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  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/8vh7w8ytkwm09.ris",
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    {
      "field": "physics",
      "origin": "arxiv:cond-mat.mes-hall",
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  "title": "Unveiling Three-Dimensional Skyrmion Transitions Through Vortices and Monopoles",
  "title_text": "Unveiling Three-Dimensional Skyrmion Transitions Through Vortices and Monopoles",
  "type": "preprint",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:25:31Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/8vh7w8ytkwm09",
  "venue": "arXiv",
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